diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pltfm.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pltfm.c
index 03dbdeb2aab2072dc4fba24728e7795c317454c7..24377a34db4142dc345fc25df51cfc3be48d1038 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pltfm.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pltfm.c
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ struct sdhci_host *sdhci_pltfm_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	}
 
 	host->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
+	if (host->irq < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get IRQ number\n");
+		ret = host->irq;
+		goto err_request;
+	}
 
 	if (!request_mem_region(iomem->start, resource_size(iomem),
 		mmc_hostname(host->mmc))) {